Thu.Feb 17, 2022

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Team Building In The Events Industry: Show Love & Appreciation!

Endless Events

Event professionals are so other-focused that they often forget about themselves. They try to make sure that everybody, from attendees to sponsors, is taken care of. But what about them? How do they take care of themselves and their teams? Those who do not take time to tune in with their event teams are at a far greater risk for event planner burnout.

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This Week in Travel: Relaxed Mask Mandates, Alaska Airlines Debuts Subscription-Based Flight Pass

Smart Meetings

Covid Restrictions Lift With Air Sales. Switzerland and Austria have announced the end to most remaining Covid restrictions, and Germany has said it will be moving toward the same goal, as U.S. cities do the same. Countries are reopening, and meeting planners are doing the same. Philadelphia announced this week that it was in “level two” of their Covid system, meaning that restaurants could lift a vaccine mandate for diners, although indoor mask mandates remain for now.

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Data Collection & Privacy: What to Know in 2022

Advanced Travel and Tourism

Third-party cookies — tracking codes placed on a website by someone other than the site’s owner — are going away soon. Many browsers have already blocked third-party cookies, and Google plans to remove them from Chrome (the most-used browser) in 2023. With this knowledge comes the importance of gathering firstparty data while being cautious about data collection.

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11 Trends for Event Professionals to Watch in 2022

Skift Meetings

The nature of engagement has changed profoundly. At EventMB's The Future of the Event Industry: 2022 Outlook Summit, event professionals joined us to explore how the industry has metabolized lessons from the pandemic and what that means for events in 2022. Spring is just around the corner, and with it comes the hope that we […]. The post 11 Trends for Event Professionals to Watch in 2022 by Eileen Wennekers appeared first on [link].

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COVID-19 Travel Consumer Sentiment Study

TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave

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IACC Meetings Research: Unique to the Moment

MeetingsNet

With its latest report focused as much on post-pandemic meetings sentiment as meeting-venue innovation, decisionmaker expectations for 2022 off-site events are revealed. IACC (formerly the International Association of Conference Centers) released its 2022 Meeting Room of the Future Report this week, painting a picture of how desirable in-person meetings will be for organizations over the next year and the conditions under which they’ll take place.

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5 Ways Event Data Can Give You a Competitive Advantage

Skift Meetings

Virtual and hybrid event data has been in the spotlight for the last two years, and in some ways, we are only just beginning to understand its power. For most event planners, data usage is limited to reporting basic engagement stats back to sponsors and other stakeholders. With attendees now accustomed to the convenience of […]. The post 5 Ways Event Data Can Give You a Competitive Advantage by Hopin appeared first on [link].

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The Top-Rated Incentive & SPIFF Rewards for Manufacturing Incentive Programs

ITA Group

The Top-Rated Incentive & SPIFF Rewards for Manufacturing Incentive Programs. In the past few years, manufacturing and retail organizations have increased the use of incentive programs to try and keep audiences engaged and loyal. Rebates and cash only go so far to motivate all roles inside your indirect channel and can be increasingly difficult to manage well with inventory, supply chain and suppliers in flux.

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How LuminoCity Festival Illuminates Conversions With Eventbrite Boost

Eventbrite

If Willy Wonka’s factory dressed up for the holidays, it might resemble LuminoCity Festival. With dazzling sculptures, an array of rainbow lights, and plenty of festive friends, LuminoCity Festival is a celebration of joy for the child in all of us. China-based LuminoCity Festival has been bringing its luminous lightworks to the US for the […].

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ASTA Reacts to CDC's Downgraded Health Warning for Cruise Travel

Travel Pulse

The health agency lowered its risk level for boarding cruise ships earlier this month.

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Consultancy highlights eight key trends that will shape travel management in decade agead

Travel Daily News

Festive Road Managing Partner Caroline Strachan said “As we enter a new era for travel and meetings management, we are seeing demand for our perspectives on the market grow from our clients.

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Evolution of the DMC:Renewing Business Relationships with Deeper Trust, Transparency & Understanding

The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.

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Cruise Passenger Reportedly Jumps Overboard from Carnival Ship

Travel Pulse

The female traveler reportedly jumped over the railing of the Carnival Valor ship.

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IAPCO 2022 Annual Meeting & General Assembly: The meetings industry rises again

Travel Daily News

Keynotes and panel discussions reflected on the fact that ‘There is no future without History’ – a topic that strongly resonates with many business events industry organisations around the globe all of which had to drastically adapt their activities in the past 2 years.

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The 5 Common Types of Events By Event Planners in Singapore

Tembusu Events and Communications

As a professional event planners in Singapore , no doubt you will be assigned to plan a wide variety of different types of events. There are a multitude of different events you will come across and all of them will be different from one another not only in theme and purpose, but also in the way you plan for them. While there are an abundance of different event types, some are much more prevalent and common than others and 5 of the more common event types we will be focusing on are: Award Dinner

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How will hospitality emerge from the pandemic? Findings from EHL Research Day

EHL Insights

EHL Hospitality Business School entitled their research day “Navigating the Covid Storm”, where the future of the hospitality industry was discussed by EHL faculty members. The afternoon’s insights reflect the diversity of subjects investigated by EHL researchers and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the hospitality industry. “Welcome back to the new abnormal, how may I help you?”.

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Talent Attraction: The Perfect Intersection of Economic Development and Tourism

DCI

For 62 years, DCI has specialized in economic development and tourism marketing aimed at helping destinations around the world attract business investment and visitors to spur economic growth. Today, we are excited to announce formally a third practice area – talent attraction. . Make no mistake: talent attraction marketing is not new to DCI. We are building on a strong foundation and history that dates back more than a dozen years when we launched a talent attraction brand and campaign for Wake

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Webinar: Pulling Back the Convening Leaders Curtain: Experience Design

Convene by PCMA

PCMA’s Event and Education Leaders Tonya Almond and Carrie Johnson will reveal the CL22 design journey from planning through execution. They’ll share how the original experience evolved from the initial plan and touch on health and safety protocols, the PCMA Promenade, education content pillars, our hybrid experience, and more. Bring your burning questions and learn straight from the source how Convening Leaders 2022 was intentionally designed—and the ultimate experience that was delivered in La

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Travel Services

MBC Travel

Incoming Travel Agency Top quality incoming tourism services Our Rhodes incentive travel programmes are a unique opportunity for you to express your appreciation of your team’s performance. Customised to suit your and your team’s requirements and preferences, we offer comprehensive incentive programmes that cover all from accommodation and leisure to engaging activities and team building events.

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People on the Move

Convene by PCMA

Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where. April Smith and Katie Brickman. The Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau (OKC CVB) has added new staff members to its team to support the convention and leisure demand for the destination. April Smith has been hired as convention sales manager, with a focus on bringing meetings to Oklahoma City.

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RAI Amsterdam now fully open for business

Travel Daily News

Covid measures will no longer apply at events with a flow of visitors such as trade fairs and exhibitions

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News for Professionals: Career Advice and Ideas

Convene by PCMA

We get it, you’re busy. So, the Convene editors have curated the latest tips and trends in the world of work for you. Take a look at what caught our eye this past week. Your Work Is Not Your God: Welcome to the Age of the Burnout Epidemic. Why is burnout is so prevalent in our society? The Guardian suggests that we have given work too much weight, subscribing to the promise that if you work hard, you will live a good life: not just a life of material comfort, but a life of social dignity, mo

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Who's News in Special Events for February 17, 2022

Special Events

Special events business news

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What We Can Learn From Black Business Owners on Making the Travel Industry More Inclusive

Tourism Tiger

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Event Marketing on TikTok: 8 Must-Try Ideas

Social Tables

Event promotion and social media have always been a match made in heaven. Event marketing on TikTok is no different. From event ticket sales to drumming up new event clients, event professionals can take advantage of this creative and far-reaching platform to capture the right audiences. Whether you’re just getting started on TikTok or are brushing up on TikTok event marketing techniques, we have ideas for every skill level.

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Live the Presidential Life at these 7 Hotels

Smart Meetings

Of all the things U.S. presidents and meeting prof essional s don’t have in common, there is one important thing they do: they lead groups. Another commonality is how often they visit hotels and spend time in their largest meeting spaces. We’ve compiled seven properties that have had their halls graced by U. S. presidents and could be the next location for your corporate gathering.

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Live the Presidential Life at these 6 Hotels

Smart Meetings

Of all the things U.S. presidents and meeting prof essional s don’t have in common, there is one important thing they do: they lead groups. Another commonality is how often they visit hotels and spend time in their largest meeting spaces. We’ve compiled seven properties that have had their halls graced by U. S. presidents and could be the next location for your corporate gathering.

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